In this case, I think the last option (newer RaspiOS) is the one to try out.

@rfinnie I guess the min/max values are not a strict specification, thus I said "should". It depends on brand/model as I learned (mine Logitech Rumblepad and a knock-off Switch/XBox controller report in the "should" range).

On a tangent: The Arcade'81 looks nice and gives you at least enough space to add a subwoofer. I added an external subwoofer 6.5" later to my custom bartop which made the games even more fun to play. In any case: Happy tinkering!

But back to your initial request/idea. Maybe @pjft can comment on that, if a or which suggested change (see first post) would be accepted in the ES source tree.

@SuperMazut yeah. Retropie only cares about the retropie-mount folder on the USB drive -- whatever else you do with the rest of the drive, doesn't matter.

This one is fixed now.

Did a chkdsk on Windows and repaired the drive.

All working now.

@jds140 said in Switching USB flash drives.:

Or even copy the file structure from one drive to the other?

Yes, that should work. The USBmount script just looks for the directory name retropie-mount and mounts it if it's found.

Hello @mitu

As i promised, I modify the /boot/cmdline.txt file from windows and it worked!

Thank you for your support

@mitu the "O" button.

@UrHombreAbe said in Keyboard:

I would not know where to begin in connecting via SSH

Maybe the documentation page I pointed at earlier ? If that's something that you're not familiar/confortable, maybe try a different keyboard ?

Yeah I think this is it. Thanks for the help.

@mitu This worked! I was surprised, because after formatting the flash drive it looked like the drive had a single partition taking up the whole volume. I wasn't able to create partitions on Windows 10, so I used the Disk Utility on macOS to create two exFAT partitions (screenshots of the volume in Disk Management before and after below). After that I was able to follow the instructions to create the proper directories and transfer the ROMs!

Thanks!

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I wonder if there is a solution to getting PS1 controllers working on the Pi?

As a follow up. I ordered a keyboard that got here today. It seems to have resolved my issue.

I was using an older Apple USB keyboard but this one is simply newer. I just searched Raspberry Pi Keyboard and got a cheap $12 one.

So far so good! I was also able to add an Xbox remote via bluetooth.

SSH is also working but I haven't tested that over Wifi only.

So, there is no way to make this work? :(

I don't think so, but since it's also not working in Windows, the board may be broken ?

I found this mail chain reporting some fix in Ubuntu 19.10 for another very similar Saulabi model, I don't know if helps in any way : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com&q=subject:"[Bug+786955]+Re%3A+Saulabi+4K+Joystick+(Buttons+not+working)"&o=newest&f=1

That doesn't seem to have any useful information for your problem.

@mitu Alright, that sucks to hear but guess i'll get to fixing it the physical way then. Thank you for the responses!

@sleve_mcdichael I did it correctly(at least as it says in documentation), with the "retropie" folder and the USB in FAT32

@mitu I made another test replacing the SSD ( Kingston SSD KC3000, 2048 GB, M.2 2280, NVMe PCIe Gen 4.0, Read: 7000MB/s, Write: 7000MB/s, SKC3000D/2048G) for a SSD "Adata Legend 740 NVMe, 250GB, PCI Express 3.0, M.2"

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And this SSD disk works!! (now I can see several folders inside "retropie-mount" folder, "BIOS", "roms", etc)... but is a very tiny SSD compared with the Kingston one, maybe it worked because this is a PCIE 3.0 and the Kingston is PCIE4.0? maybe raspberry pi 4 doesn't support PCIe 4.0 because that technology needs more power? I used the same enclosure for both SSDs (ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure to USB-C PCIe Adapter 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen2 for NVMe M-Key/M+B Key SSD 2230/2242/2260/2280)

@lostless the number of pulses are just to tell the microcontroller (or computer) which coins you are putting in. So you can set a quarter for 5 and a dime for 4 and so on. So when you set up an electrical piggy bank. The computer can tell which coins you put in. I'm guessing I would have to put some type of resisiter for this to work which is beyond my present capabilities. I went ahead and bought one off of X Arcades site. They have one with the microcontroller and stuff hooked up so all you have to do is Jerry rig it to your buttons or just connect it straight to the USB encoder. So hope it all works when it comes in lol

That was easier than I thought - just needed a keyboard and a push in the right direction.